Dear SBSC families,
Practice Schedule
Riley High School
Group 1 Tuesday and Wednesday 10:00-11:30 AM
G1 Elite Thursday 9:30-11:30 AM
Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 9:30-11:30
New Prairie High School
Group 1 Wednesday and Thursday 11:00-12:30 CST
Group 2 Wednesday, and Thursday 11:00-1:00 CST
Practice Notes:
No practice at Riley on Friday due to IA Meet. No practice at NP on Monday due to coach availability and no practice on Tuesday due to a home high school meet.
Riley families please use door #22. This is the door on the northwest corner of the building and faces Fellows Street. If you are planning to stay to watch practice there is a stairwell that is adjacent to this door, and this will lead you to the seating area.
New Prairie families use door N18 to enter NPHS. New Prairie swimmers are always welcome to attend their corresponding group's practice at Riley.
IA Tim Welsh Invite/January 5-7/Elkhart Aquatic Center
Click here to see our entry as 12/17. This is a prelim/finals meet for all 11 and over swimmers. The expectation for our athletes is if they qualify they will compete in finals. The time schedule according to the posted meet letter is as follows:
Friday (Events #1-#10)
Doors open: 3:45 – our athletes should be at the door when it opens
Warm-ups: 4:00-4:50
Meet Starts: 5:00
Saturday and Sunday Prelims – 11 and over swimmers
Doors open: 6:45 – our athletes should be a the door when it opens
Warm-up: 7:00-7:45
Meet Starts: 8:00
Saturday and Sunday 10 & Unders
Warm-up: 11:00-11:45 – our athletes should be on deck by 10:45
Meet Starts: 12:00
Saturday and Sunday Finals – 11 and over swimmers
Warm-ups 4:00-4:45 – our athletes should be on deck by 4:00
Meet Starts 5:00
I (574-276-6057) will be the coach on deck for Friday, Saturday finals, and all day Sunday. Coach Carol (574-292-0553) will be the coach on deck for Saturday prelims and the Saturday 10 and under session. If you will be running late or unable to make it please text or call the appropriate coach.
USA Swimming Membership
We still have a few of our Group 3 athletes that have registered but will or already have turned 18. To be eligible to practice/compete with the club once they turn 18 swimmers need to complete the USA Swimming Athlete Protection Training.
There are several returning swimmers who have yet to renew for 2024. If your swimmer is currently registered and does not renew prior to 12/31/23 they will be barred from competing or practicing until they are registered. This includes not being able to compete in the upcoming IA Meet.
Here is a link to the document with instructions on how to register with USA-S. A few of our members have had trouble adding their swimmers once they created their own account. If you have trouble after creating a parent account, try using this link. If your swimmer qualifies for the Outreach Membership (free/reduced lunch at their school) click on this link. Remember, if you use this link you will need to provide documentation to me that your athlete qualifies.
Birth Certificates
If your athlete has never competed in a meet for SBSC (or another USA Swimming club) you will need to send me a copy of their birth certificate. The preferred way is to electronically send a pdf. If that is not possible, please email a pic.
CON IMX Meet/ January 19-21/Concord High School
This is our next-to-last regular season meet. The deadline to commit to this meet is tonight Sunday, December 31.
Team Apparel
The local swim shop in town is Milinko’s Scuba & Swim. This is a great place to find a good practice suit or pick up a spare pair of goggles.
We are also partnered with A3 Performance. You can purchase a logoed team suit directly from this site. Here is the link to the A3 Team Store. When your swimmer is old enough to purchase a tech suit (13 and over) this company is who I recommend purchasing from.
USA Swimming Guidelines - MAAPP/Safe Sport
USA Swimming issued a directive with regards to electronic communication and social media contact between coaches and athletes. Most of what is being implemented is common sense and falls in line with our club's policies. One new requirement we will need to adhere to is how your minor child communicates with all coaches. For several years we have asked swimmers in Group 2 and Group 3 to text/email their coach if they would be missing practice. Moving forward, swimmers will be instructed to include a parent on all communication with me or any of our coaches.
If you are the parent of a Group 2 or Group 3 swimmer, and have never sent me a text before, please text me so I have your contact info in my phone. This way if I need to contact your swimmer about missing practice I can be sure to include you. My cell phone number is 574-276-6057. I encourage all parents and swimmers to read the full policy. We are required to keep this policy on our website, here is the link.
Fall and Winter Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit
Below is our fall/winter meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and the second date is the deadline to commit.
Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets, if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the notes section stating the specific days you would like to attend.
Meets marked with an * require swimmers to meet minimum time standards. All pool locations can be found on our website under the "Pools" tab.
Intrasquad Meet/Riley High School/Oct. 4/Oct. 3
WAR Monster Splash/Warsaw High School/Oct 28/Our Results
CON Skypoint/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Nov. 3-5/Our Results
NASA Sprint Meet/Northridge High School/Nov. 4 & 5/Our Results
ELK Rudolph Romp/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Dec. 1-3/Our Results
IA TW Invite/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Jan. 5-7/Our entry
CON IMX/Concord High School/Jan 19-21/Tonight Dec.31
CON Last Chance/Concord High School/Feb 23-25/Jan. 28
*IN Swimming Divisionals/Valparaiso High School/Mar. 1-3/Feb.18
*IN Swimming Senior State/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Mar 7-10/Feb. 25
*IN Swimming Age Group State/IUPUi/Mar 15-17/Feb. 25
ELK 8 & Under Superstar/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Mar 16/Feb. 25
*USA Swimming Speedo Sectional/IUPUI/Mar 21-24/Feb.11
As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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John VanDriessche
Head Coach
South Bend Swim Club
South Bend Riley High School
(574)276-6057
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